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How exciting! We’re delighted that The Big Lunch has been shortlisted for a London Lifestyle Award – for the ‘Outstanding Contribution to London’ category. 4,127 businesses and personalities were put forward for the various awards so we feel very proud to have made the shortlist. What we did in London this year: - Gained the [...]
Suffering from post-Olympic blues? We’re certainly feeling a bit lost here in the London office following all the excitement of the past two weeks! Well now it’s time to bring the celebrations back to where they began for every Team GB athlete – their local sports club. Join In Local Sport is a national celebration [...]
Read Be part of an Olympic first…
Word has reached us that some of our veteran Big Lunchers are planning their next events, this time to celebrate the London 2012 Games (such as the Big World’s End Lunch in Chelsea). It is only days to go until London makes history by hosting the Olympics for a third time, so get ready to [...]
Read On your marks, get set and GO for the Olympics!…
The All The Bells project is encouraging thousands of people across the UK to ring a bell to celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On 27th July 2012 at 8.12am, Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three [...]
Read Be part of history – ring your bell to celebrate London 2012!…
At 12.30pm on Sunday, London’s Piccadilly Big Jubilee Lunch guests will sing the National Anthem to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Fancy joining in? The Piccadilly Big Jubilee Lunch will be held along London’s historic Piccadilly, stretching from Piccadilly Circus to the top of St James’s Street. This unique event will highlight the very best of [...]
The new growing season is almost upon us, and our friends at Capital Growth are encouraging people to get stuck in and help London’s communities prepare their growing spaces, as part of The Big Dig. People across London are being asked to volunteer for a day at their local Capital Growth space, on Friday 16th [...]
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We’re pleased to announce that we now have 100 Champions signed up across the UK, helping us spread the word about The Big Lunch far and wide. With the backing of our Street Party Ambassador Barbara Windsor and continued support of The Mayor Boris Johnson, London is steaming ahead with over 50 confirmed Champions, but all corners [...]
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As the sun shone gallantly over the Thames this week, The Big Lunch team joined forces with Team London and the Mayor’s office, and headed to City Hall to bring Londoners together to find out how they can contribute to what is set to be the biggest year yet for The Big Lunch. We decided [...]
Read The Big Jubilee Lunch Reception and Briefing at London’s City Hall…
Do you have a treasured object at home with the Queen’s picture on it? Do you want to take part in an exhibition at the Museum of London? The Museum of London is marking the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a new exhibition called At Home with the Queen, which opens in May 2012. Celebrating the [...]
Read The Museum of London’s Diamond Jubilee exhibition…
As the UK contemplates why rioting and unrest took hold with such force and speed on the streets of London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and Leeds, many people face not only a clean-up of their high streets, businesses and homes, but also the recovery and restoration of their communities. We can speculate about what motivated [...]
Read Looking forward after the riots…
Big Jubilee Lunch 2012, an Eden Project
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